A POD-based ensemble four-dimensional variational assimilation method

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 805-816

  Tian, Xiangjun ^a   Xie, Zhenghui ^a   Sun, Qin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERTURBATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79960417956     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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